Bundling-machine.



0. OWENS.

BUNDLING MACHINE.

APPLIOlTION FILED 001. 18, 1967. BEHEWED DBO. 27, 1909. 948,244. Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

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G. DWBNS.

BUNDLING mcmnn.

APPLIOATIOH FILED 001318, 1907. RENEWED DEC. 27, 1909.

9458,24 1. Patented Feb.1,1910.

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W {/4761 191mb?" F 6. Mac. WM W G. OWENS;

BUNDLING MACHINE.

nrmonlox FILED our. 18, 1907. nmwzm mm. 27, 1909.

Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

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my 7 I g O. OWENS.

BUNDLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION rum) 0012.19, 1907. xnxzwnn 1120.27, 1909.

Patented Feb. 1, 1910.

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CZZZeef:

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TAGUE MAILI NG BUNIJIQINGMACHZNE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be. it known that l, t'nannns Owens, citizen of the. United States, residing at; Chattautr ga. 'lenneesee, have invented certain new and useful hl'llilOYCl'itLlllS in Bundling- ]llanhines, of which the following is a specititration.

My invention relates to means for bundling magazines, periodicals or other articles which are to be eent out to tlill'ert-nt Stt'l ions I of the oountry or to club lists.

It the object of my invention. to provide mean; whereby the articlce will be. arranged in httntlles and will'hejoined by a. tying Inechanihm, said means cooperating with mechanism such that disclosed in an applicat on for Letters Patent. of the United States tiled by Charles Owens and Alex ander Lyle, .lttne 2/06, No. 319,93.

in carrying out the invention the tying mechanism employed is substantially that; now used on a grain binning machine.

The. im'cntion con is in the features and combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter described and particularly pointed ut in the claims.

in the accompanying drawings: Figure l is a side Slew of theinrention. Fig. :2 is a View or" a portion of Fig. 1 looking from the left. thereof. Fig. 25 is a plan View of a part,

ot' the. drum of the addr ssing machine with \Ylllt'l! the pre ent invention is ,SUt'lltittl. F1;- -i-. is a detail new Jl' the clutch Q'UHUCC' tion between the main part of the addrewing machine and the present improvement. Fin. 5 is a longitudinal sectional \lt'\\' through the drum and :t.\.-;t ('l:tlttl parts. Fig. ti is a detail View of one ot the controlling plates. Fig. Y is an enlarged view of part of Fig. 1.

Referring to Fig. l, l indicat a constantly driven halt on the end of which is mounted the clutch and knotter operating inet-l anism and it is to this clutch mechani m that my invention particularly relates. ()n this shaft 1 is fixed an arm .2 carrying a roller 3 at each end.

position by a collar 4'. .-\t the. rear of this bevel wheel a trtpper 5 IF. pivoted upon a stud "I. This tripper or clut h is under tension of a spring 8 attat'hetl thereto and to a stud ti on the bevel gear 4, the tent'leney of said spring being to more the trippt-r or clutch in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 7, aml to throw out the stud or portion 6 Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 12. 1907f Serial No. aestne.

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the supporting arms 12 A bevel gear 4 is l loosely mounted on this shaft being held in 7 contacts with the Stud (3 the same will be set;

Patented Feb. 1, 1910. Renewed December 27 2909. Serial No 535.150.

of said Lil per cluteh into the path of the constantly revolting; rollers 3, 3. Normally the clutch 5 IS held by a stop 14 which stop IS pivotally mounted as. will hereinafter appear. 7

11 IS the shaft. journaletl in the frame of the. hundler and having supporting arms 1:2

extending upwardly therefrom. on each side of the tying or knotting needle 2% and adapted to receive thereagainstthe bundle or the articles to be bundled and tied to gether. The shaft 11 also has a tripping arm. 1 one end of which rests beneath the stop 14. The needle arm 24 turns about the shaft or point 23 and it has connected therewith a crank arm 2% which is connected with the knotter mechanism by the crank The stop 14 i-. pivoted at its inner end on the shaft The stop it is placed under tension by a spring 17 surrounding the bolt- 16 which is pivotally connected to the stud 1 3' on the inner side of the crank :lan iii, the Htitl bolt being thread d and having a nut 15 by which the teni iou ot the spring may be regulated and thus the pres sure upon the stop it changed as desired.

In Fig. l is shown a series of wrapped magazines or other articles resting agaiuet the e arms being substantially the same in function and arrangement as those again t which the bundle of grain rests in tile-Ot'tlltltll) grain binder. \Vhen a sullitzit-nt number of articles hare. been fed against the arms 12 to overcome the resietance of the Spring 1T movement will he imparted through the. shaft 11 and trip arm 13' and the top arm 14 will, by the movement of the arms 12. be. raised clear of the clutch member 5 and the spring 8 then asserting its force will throw the clutch member 5 down until the FltOttltlGl 10 thereof strikes the hub of the arm :2. This movement of the trip or clutch 5 will throw out the portion thereof carrying the stud 6 so that said stud will now lie in the path of the rollers 3, and as soon as one of these rollers in motion, thus rotating the gear 4 and motton 1S nupartetl from this gear through a pinion 4, tshaft 4" to the tying and QJQCtlIlg means for the-bundle and the parts are then returned to normal position with the stop 14 acro. s the path of the trip clutch :3. As soon as this occursthe parts are then brought; into the position shown in Fig. 1, the en- I released and the binding mechanism brought to a position of rest. I

It will be observed from the above that the operation of the binding mechanism depends upon sullieient. weight of articles being brought to bear upon the arms 12.

In addition to the trip for operating the stop arm ll from the arm 12 I provide means whereby the said stop may be operated at predetermined intervals, which may be either regular or irregular. For this purpose I provide a trip 1.) extending beneath the stop 14, said trip being pivoted at 20 and having a rod :21 connected with its end 22, the other end of said rod being connected with the clutchmechanism of the addressing machine, such as disclosed in the above application and such as is disclosed sullicit-ntly in Figs. 1, 3 and 5 to-lead to a clear understanding Or the present invention. This addressing machine comprises generally a drum 5' having gripper mechanism to receive stencils from a honper (3' to carry these stencils between the said drum and an impression platen 3. to which the magazine to be addressed is conveyed by a belt 1'. The gripper mechanism is shown in Fig. 5 and comprises a frame work 28 movable across the drum, a part of which is shown in said figure, said frame work carrying a linger 27', said linger cooperating with finger 26' fixed to the drum for holding the stencil to the drum to be carried thereby for imposing on the magazines in passing the platen.

The frame '28 has lateral movement being pressed by a spring 31 to normally cause the finger 27' to grip the stencil and being pres ed back to allow the stencils to fall into position from the hopper i by means of a rollcr 32 connected with a part of the frameysaid roller running upon the track 33'. Supposing the stencil to be in position on the druurand the frame carrying the linger 2i" pushed toward the right by the. roller 32' bearing upon the track 33'. Now when the roller moves oil of the track 2'13 the spring will assert its f rce to move the frame toward the left causing the linger 27' to grip the stcncil and also moving the said stencil leftward to be engaged by the lingers 26'. The linger 27 is as cciatcd with an abutment 250 which bears on the cdge of the stencil and cll'ccts its lateral movement. under thc lingers 213'. Now. for causing the. bundling operation io bc pcrl'ornu-d at in'cd'clcrmim-d intervals i provide plates of -spccial form. shown in Fig. 3. having a recess at i l so that when one of \hcsc plates is fed from the hopper on to the drum the abutment Ill) of thc grippcr mcchanian. by entering this recess will allow the gripp r l'ramo an t'f;l('. H movcmcut toward lh lcl'l which will bring the projecting cnd of the abutment Ill, which carries the roller 3:? into position to strike the trip arm secured on the. shaft 48' which through an arm 4?, link 47 and trip lever 49' will cause the bundling operation to be performed, and of course. by spacing these notched plates at either regular or irregular intervals. in a series of stencils the bundling operation will take place at regular or irregular intervals making large or smaller sized bundles according to the re quiremcnts ot' the work.

The rod 31 before described connects with a face wheel or disk 51 which is loose on the shaft 1;" of the drum of the addressing machine. This disk is connected at intervals. that is when the bundle is to be tied and discharged by a clutch pin 50' with the drum 10' which is fixed to the shaft 12' of the addre sing machine and rotates constantly therewith.

The lever 49' above described has a beveled end to engage and control the said clutch pin 50' and it normally holds this clutch pin retracted so that the. disk 51' with the rod 2t and the clutch 5. v of v the bundling mechanism is at rest while the addressing machine drum is in operation to take the stencils from the hopper (3 and impose them on the magazines as they pass between the addressing machine drum and the platen 3'. \Vhcu. however. one of the specially recessed stencils or plates shown in Fig. (3 is taken from the hopper (3' with the drum and the gripper mechanism operating in conjunction lhcrcwith derives its" extra movement laterally due to the recess in said lLllt'll or plate the lever 45) tlmuigh tho ilcscribcd connections will be witlnlrawn from the pin 5 aml thcn the said pin 50' will conncct the disk 51' with the constantly rotating drum l0 and through the'r d .51 the stop ll will be operated to rclcasc the clutch lcvcr 5 and through the mechanism described the bundling and tying me hanism will be opcratcd. it will be obvious of course. that this operation ol th parts will take place at any desired intervals in accordance with the occurrence of the speciall rcccsscd stencils at lhc gripper mech- :llll lll of the drum.

The main drum of the addrcssiug machine is opcralcd by the shaft T having thereon the gcar wheel 8' which meshes with the gear win-cl E) lixcd on the drum to.

.\ftcr the operation just described and alter the gripper mechanism on the addressing drum passes b v the trip linger or arm ii" thc lever-l1) rcturns to normal po ition so that when the disk 51' has madc a rcvolution the pin 5f" connecting the same with the comlantl (.pcratiug drum I will be withdrawn by riding up the incline on said lever 4 and the trip 15) will thus be restored to it normal position so as not to interfere with the return of the stop it to 94am i 3 its normal position ready to arrest, the clutch member 5 and thus throw out of operation the tying mechanism.

Reverting to the act of taking the stencils from the ho per by the drum it may be observed that t e lowermost stencil is deposited from the hopper so as to lie in a depression in the ribs 24 said depression lying between the points 24". The lateral movement of the gripper frame primarily 15 to cause the finger 27' to catch over the stencil and also to cause the abutment 30 to move the stencil laterally causing its edge to be forced under the fixed gripping fingers 26'.

From the above it will be seen that the machine may operate to make the bundles of uniform size or the mail may be divided into bundles of unequal size and weight depending on the arrangement of the notched plates or addressers within the hopper.

l have shown in Figs. 1 and 7 an arm 52 connected with the frame or arm 53, which has pivotal movement at the point or shaft 54 and carries at its free end a shaft 55 on which is secured eccentrics, one of which is shown at 56, these eccentrics being arranged to bear upon the ma azines or other articles to feed them forward into place against the arm 12. The arm 52 is connected with a spring 57 the tendency of which is to swing the frame or arm 53 upwardly to keep the eccentrics pressed against the bottom of the magazine or magazines. The eccentrics are driven through a. belt 58. A. stop 59 determines the upper limit or position or the frame 53 with the eccentric or eccentrics.

When no magazines are in the handler the swinging frame with the eccentrics will be in its upper position ad'acent the spring 60. As the magazines are ed into the bundler against the arm 12 the swinging frame 53 is depressed and at all times the eccentrics bear with uniform pressure against the underside of the magazines or pile of magaz'nes within the bundler, allowing the pile to vary in size.

' I claim as my invention.

1. In combination in a machine of the class described means for tying up the bundles, means whereby the tying means is operated to make bundles containing uniform numbers of articles and antomatipally operating means for making up' bundles of varying numbers of articles; said automatically operating means controlling the tying means, substantially as described.

In combination, a clutch, connections leading to the tying mechanism contri'illed by said clutch means fonthrowing the said clutch into operatibn when the bundles have reached a predetermined uniform number of articles and means controlling 'the said clutch to make bundles of varying numbers of articles according to the cl b lists, substantially as described.

3. In combination, a clutch, connections controlled thereby leading to the tying mechanism, a stop for holding said clutch inoperative, means for releasing said clutch from the stop when the bundles have been formed of uniform numbers of packages and means for releasing the clutch from the said stop when the bundles have reached the various numbers of articles according to the club lists, substantially as described.

4. In combination in a machine of the class described,'connections leading to tying mechanism for making up a bundle, a clutch controlling said connections, addressing mechanism, means for feeding stencils 0r plates, and magazines thereto, a specially formed stencil to determine the time of operation of the tying mechanism, said specially formed stencil or plate being placed in the series of stencils, a rotary disk, connections to be operated when the specially formed plate arrives at a certain point to rotate the said disk, av trip for the clutch of the tying mechanism,,and a connection to operate the. said trip from the said disk, substantially as described.

5. In combination in a handler for magazines and the like, the swinging frame or arm under sprin tension and an eccentric or eccentiics' carried thereby for pressing upon the lower sides of the magazines, said swinging frame yielding to accommodate itself to different numbers of magazines, substantially as described.

6. In combination in a bundicr, a swinging arm under spring pressure, means for feeding the magazines over the said swinging arm, means carried by the swinging arm for bearing upon the magazines to feed them forward, and an arm 12 against which the magazines bear, substantially as de- 31 rihed.

'1'. In combination in a handler for magazines and the like, a yielding frame arranged hclow the path of the magazines, and means carried by the said frame for engaging the lower sides of the magazines to feed them forward, and means against which the magazines are fed to be arranged in bundles, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presenccof two witnesses.

CII'ARLES OWENS. Witnesses:

i C. C. PARIS,

ALBERT LAZARD. 

